Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: Hamas' top political leader is killed Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:37:15 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <097d5c44-eaa8-f762-f98b-a3ad0555fe61@example.net> <66b02213$4$1439842$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:37:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="874ed5ec7945d50201168e156bea4449"; logging-data="1133437"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+68sBGNAO5ZOYlZCwhGvJ" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EAnXixcd2ZmGTPDJFGBKShp7sMU= Bytes: 2328 On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 21:22:17 +0200, D wrote: >I refuse to call football soccer. It just seems to illogical. ;) Notice the umbrella organization's name below.... =============== FIFA -- SOCCER'S WORLD GOVERNING BODY Founded in 1904 to provide unity among national soccer associations, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) boasts 209 members, -------------- What is the original meaning of the word soccer? Soccer vs. Football: The Origins of the Word Soccer May Not Come From Where You Think. .. It was a few linguistically creative University of Oxford students in the 1880s who first distinguished between the sports of "rugger" (rugby football) and "assoccer" (association football). The latter term was further shortened to "soccer" (sometimes spelled "socker") and the name quickly spread beyond the campus. Dec 17, 2022 https://morristownminute.town.news/g/morristown-nj/n/135734/soccer-vs-football-origins-word-soccer-may-not-come-where-you-think I have no idea where the "assoccer" word came from. Old English, or hipster speech then.